News from March 8. Utah placed Jarron Collins on IR with a sprained right shoulder. San Antonio activated Mike Wilks. Atlanta activated Donta Smith and placed Kevin Willis on IR with a lower back strain. Antawn Jamison (Was) sat out the Was-NY game due to a sore right knee, snapping his streak of 386 consecutive games played, which was the longest active streak (Morris Peterson (Tor) now has the longest active consecutive games played streak at 256 games). Cle 111, Orl 92 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Steve Francis (Orl) had 21 points and 6 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cle shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Orl shot 42% (34-81) FG. Grant Hill (Orl, left shin contusion) did not play. GS 104, Phi 85 at Phi Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Troy Murphy (GS) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Phi) had 13 points and 3 steals. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 33 points including 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 12 turnovers. Sac 85, Mem 82 at Sac Peja Stojakovic (Sac) had 19 points including 6-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Darius Songaila (Sac) had 10 points on 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 26 points including the game winning banked long 3-pointer at the buzzer and 5 assists. Brian Cardinal (Mem) had 15 points including 5-6 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Lorenzen Wright (Mem) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 20-27 FT and Mem shot 8-11 FT. Cuttino Mobley (Sac, lower back strain), Brad Miller (Sac, right calf contusion), Kenny Thomas (Sac, personal reasons), and Stromile Swift (Mem, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 97, Sea 95 at Sea Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 35 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 3 steals. Mike James (Hou) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 26 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Ray Allen (Sea) had 32 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Hou out-scored Sea 22-6 in the 3rd quarter. SA 90, NJ 74 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 10 points on 2-6 FG and 6-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Devin Brown (SA) had 22 points on 9-12 FG and 2-6 FT and 9 rebounds. Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points including 5-15 FG, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. SA shot 45.8% (33-72) FG and NJ shot 32.1% (26-81) FG. Clifford Robinson (NJ, lower back) did not play. LAC 110, LAL 101 at LAL Elton Brand (LAC) had 22 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 30 points on 9-11 FG and 12-13 FT and 7 assists. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 41 points on 12-21 FG and 16-16 FT and 5 rebounds. Marko Jaric (LAC, stress fracture right foot) did not play. NY 93, Was 83 at NY Kurt Thomas (NY) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 10 assists. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 23 points including 8-24 FG and 8 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Was) had 27 points including 10-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was, right knee tendinitis), Anthony Peeler (Was, flu), and Etan Thomas (Was, flu) did not play. Mil 105, Atl 101 at Mil Desmond Mason (Mil) had 22 points including 12-13 FT. Joe Smith (Mil) had 19 points including 6-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 22 points including 9-13 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Al Harrington (Atl) had 19 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Tyronn Lue (Atl) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Mil shot 29-36 FT and Atl shot 12-17 FT. Min 102, Cha 97 at Min Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 21 points. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 30 points, 15 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 15 points on 2-8 FG and 11-11 FT. Primoz Brezec (Cha) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 12 rebounds. Jason Hart (Cha) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 10 assists. Sam Cassell (Min, strained right hamstring), Michael Olowokandi (Min, sprained right knee), and Brevin Knight (Cha, sprained right ankle) did not play. Ind 89, Uta 83 at Uta Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 30 points including 11-18 FG. Anthony Johnson (Ind) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 24 points. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Memhet Okur (Uta) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind, bruised left foot) did not play.